咬牙切齒

Chinese

		to grit one's teeth; to gnash one's teeth; to grind one's teeth	to gnash one's teeth
trad. (咬牙切齒)		咬牙	切齒
simp. (咬牙切齿)		咬牙	切齿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎoyáqièchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau⁵ ngaa⁴ cit³ ci²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngáu-gâ-chhiat-chhí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga⁶ ghê⁵ ciag⁴ ki²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎoyáqièchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎoyácièchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yao³-ya²-chʻieh⁴-chʻih³
    • Yale: yǎu-yá-chyè-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauyachiehchyy
    • Palladius: яояцечи (jaojaceči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau⁵ ngaa⁴ cit³ ci²
    • Yale: ngáauh ngàh chit chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau⁵ ngaa⁴ tsit⁸ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao⁵ nga⁴ qid³ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːu̯¹³ ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngáu-gâ-chhiat-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: ngáu-gâ-tshiat-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngaw'gachiatchie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡa²⁴ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga⁶ ghê⁵ ciag⁴ ki²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kă gê tshiak khí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³⁵⁻¹¹ ɡe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiak̚²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

咬牙切齒

1. gnashing one's teeth in anger